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Thrning the beat around: How does
rock music become band-ready?
Here's a clue: M.J. didn't rewrite his songs
Students who thought
band was a boring,
middle school prerequi-
site may have been sur-
prised to hear strains of
"Thriller" and "Stairway
to Heaven" fill the Big
House at halftime this
football season.
With neither Robert
Plant nor Michael Jack-
son at hand, how does
the Michigan March-
ing Band translate rock
music into arrange-
ments fit for the Big
House?
The answer lies with
band director Jamie
Nix.
Nix takes the origi-
nal music, which often
features guitars and
vocals, and rearranges
it for the band's instru-
ments. This means Nix
has to decide whether
to put a specific guitar
riff with tubas or trom-
bones.
The process generally
takes about three weeks
from start to finish.
That includes arranging
the music and prepar-
ing other aspects of the
show.
A big part of the
time is spent 'listening
to iTunes. Nix said he
arranges just by hearing
a song instead of seeing
the musical score.
After Nix has pre-
pared music for the wind
instruments, drumline
instructor Chuck Ricot-
ta takes both Nix's new
Members of the Michigan Marching Band perform during half time
against the University of Iowa on Oct21 This season, the marching
formed music by Led Zeppelin, Michael Jackson and many others.
CRIME NOTES
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
arrangement and the
original song and uses
them to write a new per-
cussion line.
Nix admits to being a
big rock and heavy metal
fan, which may explain
why many recent band
performances have been
modern rock music.
The downside is that
the band must pay royal-
ties to use these songs.
Older music is usually in
the public domain and
can be used for free,
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Ohio State has pulled
ahead in the blood battle.
In pints, the score of the
University's Blood Battle
with Ohio State University is
OSU 1287, Michigan 1195.
Michigan has 11 players
from Ohio on its team.
Ohio State University
only has two Michigan
natives on its roster.
>FOR MORE, SEE PAGE 8A
Later this month, OJ.
Simpson will appear in
a two-hour special on
Fox titled "If I Did it, Here's
How It Happened." During
the program, Simpson will
explain how he would have
committed the murders - if
he had been responsible for
the deaths of his ex-wife and
her boyfriend more than a
decade ago.
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